Euowenia
Euowenia Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | †Diprotodontidae |
Genus: | †Euowenia De Vis, 1891 |
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Euowenia is an extinct genus of Diprotodontia which existed from the Pliocene to the upper Pleistocene.[1][2][3][4][5] Weighing around 500 kg,[6] Euowenia is only known from three locations on mainland Australia, Chinchilla in Queensland, Menindee in New South Wales and the on the Warburton River in the Lake Eyre basin.[7]
References[]
- ^ MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306460920.
- ^ Long, John A.; Archer, Michael (2002-01-01). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868404356.
- ^ "Anaspides.net". www.anaspides.net. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ "Megafauna". austhrutime.com. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ Johnson (2002). "Determinants of loss of mammal species during the Late Quaternary 'megafauna' extinctions: life history and ecology, but not body size". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 269 (1506): 2221–2227. doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2130. PMC 1691151. PMID 12427315.
- ^ MacPhee, Ross D. E.; SUES, HANS-DIETER (2013-11-09). Extinctions in Near Time: Causes, Contexts, and Consequences. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781475752021.
- ^ Camens, Aaron B.; Wells, Roderick T. (2009). "Palaeobiology of Euowenia grata (Marsupialia: Diprotodontinae) and its Presence in Northern South Australia". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 17: 3–19. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9121-2. S2CID 42667860.
- Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand (page 79)
- Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons (page 207)
Categories:
- Prehistoric vombatiforms
- Prehistoric marsupial genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1887
- Pliocene marsupials
- Extinct mammals of Australia
- Prehistoric marsupial stubs
- Diprotodont stubs